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Roncaglia, Sara, author.

Title Feeding the city : work and food culture of the Mumbai dabbawalas / Sara Roncaglia.

Publication Info.

Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
Contents	Bombay-Mumbai and the Dabbawalas: Origin and Development of a Parallel Economy -- Dabbawala Ethics in Transition -- Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Charity Trust: The Shaping of Dabbawala Relations -- Conclusions: Tastes and Cultures -- Appendix: Theory and Practice for an Ethnography of Diversities -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography.
Summary	"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a diverse and increasingly global city, where the preparation and consumption of food is pervaded with religious and cultural significance."--Publisher
Note	Viewed on 2020-04-07.
Language	English.
Subject	Food -- Social aspects -- India -- Mumbai.
	Precooked foods -- Transportation -- India -- Mumbai.
	Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions.
	Aliments -- Aspect social -- Inde -- Mumbai.
	Aliments précuits -- Transport -- Inde -- Mumbai.
	Cultural studies.
	Food and society.
	Society and culture: general.
	Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	Food -- Social aspects
	Social conditions
	India -- Mumbai
	Voedselvoorziening.
	Vervoer.
	Mumbai.
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